SharePoint 2016: Feature Comparison for IT Developers

In this article, we will list a feature comparison between SharePoint 2013 vs. SharePoint 2016 including the Standard and Enterprise features. Please see the table below for comparison across SharePoint versions. This comparison is only for Developer features.

Developer Features	SharePoint Foundation 2013	SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Standard CAL	SharePoint Server 2016 Enterprise CAL
Access Services	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
App Catalog (SharePoint)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps	Yes1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
App Management Services	Yes1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: Alerts for External Lists	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: Business Data Webparts	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: External List	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: OData connector	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: Profile Pages	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: Rich Client Integration	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
BCS: Secure Store Service	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BCS: Tenant-level external data log	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Browser-based customizations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Client Object Model (OM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Client-side rendering (CSR)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom Site Definitions	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom Site Provisioning	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Developer Site	No	No	No	No	No
Forms Based Applications	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Full-Trust Solutions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
InfoPath Forms Services	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
JavaScript Object Model	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
List and Library APIs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Remote Event Receiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
REST API	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sandboxed Solutions	Yes10	Yes10	Yes10	Yes10	Yes10
SharePoint Design Manager	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Designer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SharePoint Store	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workflow 2010 (.NET 3.5)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workflow 2010 (out of the box)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workflow 2013	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workload API: ECM APIs	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workload API: Search APIs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Workload API: Social APIs	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes